Package for fishlines



March 14, 1950 R 5. WORDEN 2500446 PACKAGE FOR FISH LINES Filed March 7, 1947 B. Vorden Patented Mar. 14, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT F F 1 C E 2 Claims.

The present invention relates to storing a continuous is'nline, particularly ons made of nylon, in one or more coiled rings or bundles of about ten yards each. Any number of such lengths being interconnected, so that for instance, 12 such rings wou1d form a total length, before coiling of about 120 yards.

Now, in order to prevent entanglement, when a portion of the total length of the fish line is needed, the remaining coils beoome loose and much of it is wasted and. thrown away. This happens frequently with the prevalent method of carrying a bunclle of coils on en open oord.

The object of the present invention is now to provide a container in the shape of a closecl envelope for each such coiled bundle, from Which a desired length can be separated without disturbing the remaining portion.

This and other objects and advantages will be evident from the subjoined descrip-tion with the aid of the attached drawing.

In the drawing, wherein like numerals denote the Same details in the different views,

Fgure 1 is a front view of the container in the form of a square envelope open;

Figure 2 is a rear view of the Same;

Figure 3 is a series of such envelopes for a continuous fish line stored in them as coiled rings of about 10 yards eaoh shown diagrarnmatically Numeral Hl denotes a square paper envelope with a flap H, a plein smooth rear side !2 and a front side !3 with a small central hole l4. and a straight top opening l6 under the flap II, the latter loeine gummed for closing when the en velope is filled.

From the central hole Hl and running tangentiallv thereto, is provided a slit I5 clear thru the front side H1, running out to the opening I6.

The rear side |2 may be provided with one or more oval peep holes or small windows |1 placed diaeonally so that the coiled ring can be seen and the fisherrnan may determine how much used fish line he has left.

In Fizure 3. is indicated the manner of storing a continuous fish line. coiled into six bundles |9 of eoual length deposited one in each envelo One end I8 of the fish line enters thru the small hole 14 of envelope A, then forms as a coil I9 from the center to the periphery and continuous out from therethru the semi-radial slit I 5 and out under the flap I I to enter thru central hole I4 of enve ope B and then out thru slit |5 thereof. 'I'hs procedure is then repeated in envelopes C, D, E. and F trom which latter the opposlte end of the fish line emerges as at 21 from the slit |5 thereoi'.

When the fisherman want to use his line, he then pulls from envelope A without liftinz the flan, as much as he needs by pulling on end I8. If he needs more than the length of one coiled bundle of fish line, he continues to pull out more from envelopes B and C and so forth, and then throws away the empty envelope.

Ordinarily, when the coiled. line is mounted openly on a cord, it is necessary to tie each coil twice; he must then untie the coils before he cuts offi the required length, leaving the remainder loose and liable to be tangled up, thus becoming useless. 811011 a oalamity ca'nnot happen with my method of storing a fish line.

In depositing the fish line in the several envelopes A to F, sx being shown, the entire l ne is first coi1ed up into sx bundles, all connected with eaoh other. One bundle is thereupon droppecl into the top opening E5 of each envelope, with the innermost coil portion slipped down along the slit i5 into the center hole IJi, and the outermost coil portion emerging from the top opening under the flap ll.

It is to be understood that the invention as herein disclosed may be varied from the details described and shown without departure from the spirit of the subjoined claims.

I claim:

1. As an article of manufacture a fishing line package comprising a plurality of separate, spaced coils formed from a single continuous line, an envelope ior each coil, a coil in each envelope, each envelope having an opening in the center of ons side wall and a flap covered edge opening, the flap being connectecl with the oppo site side wall, the line of one coil leading from the outside thereof to the center of another coil, said ooils in the envelopes having the portion of the line leading from the outside passing out through the edge opening beneath the flap and having the portion of the line leading from the center thereof passing through the center opening, and that side wall of the envelope having the center opening, having a slit leading from the center opening to and through the edge of the wall bordering the edge opening, said slit facilitating the placement in the center opening of that portion of the line leading from the center of the coil after the coil is p1aced in the envelope.

2. An article of manufacture as set forth in claim 1, wherein the said slit is tangent to the central opening and the coil being so disposed in the envelope that when it is unwouncl from the center through the side wall opening the direc tion of unwinding will be away rom the end of the slit where it merges with the edge of the central opening.

R E. WORDEN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1063646 Bournonville June 3, 1913 1,739549 I-Iarris Dec. 17, 1929 1,878,306 Whittier Sept. 20, 1932 2,084,134 Dunkerke June 15, 1937 

